νυκτοφύλαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύξ (núx, “night”) +‎ φύλαξ (phúlax, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nyk.to.pʰý.laks/ → /nyk.toˈɸy.laks/ → /nik.toˈfi.laks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nyk.to.pʰý.laks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyk.toˈpʰy.laks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyk.toˈɸy.laks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyk.toˈfy.laks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nik.toˈfi.laks/

Noun

νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ • (nuktophúlax) m (genitive νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος); third declension

1. night-watchman, guard
2. (at Rome) vigiles, the police

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ; τοῦ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ ho nuktophúlax	τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nuktophúlake	οἱ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες hoi nuktophúlakes
Genitive	τοῦ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκος toû nuktophúlakos	τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nuktophulákoin	τῶν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κων tôn nuktophulákōn
Dative	τῷ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκῐ tôi nuktophúlaki	τοῖν νῠκτοφῠλᾰ́κοιν toîn nuktophulákoin	τοῖς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐ / νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξῐν toîs nuktophúlaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰ tòn nuktophúlaka	τὼ νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε tṑ nuktophúlake	τοὺς νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκᾰς toùs nuktophúlakas
Vocative	νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰξ nuktophúlax	νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκε nuktophúlake	νῠκτοφῠ́λᾰκες nuktophúlakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νῠκτοφῠλᾰκέω (nuktophulakéō)
• νῠκτοφῠλᾰκῐ́ᾱ (nuktophulakíā)

 

Further reading

• “νυκτοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νυκτοφύλαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νυκτοφύλαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette